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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1955
Page
5
Local residents and visitors are listed from Whitewright and nearby towns. Names include Bryant Jr of Sweetwater Hollingsworth of Denison and many Dallas and Ardmore trips. Several church and club events are noted along with a baby announcement and a college appointment shift.
Jake Thornhill returns from Wilson N Jones Hospital Sherman. J O Huseman family moves to Dallas for work. Mrs Houstn Darwin Mrs Drewie Caylor and Miss Winnie Hamilton spend Wednesday in Dallas. Mrs Rice Melugin visits Dallas hospital for granddaughter Beverly Harris surgery. Mrs P M Wrenn Savoy moves to 101 South Carter Street. George McCarley Greenville Tip McCarley McKinney visit W C Brown. Elbert Bennett hosts bridge club with high score by Griffin Dollarhide. Nurse aid class at Sherman N Jones Hospital includes Aileen Brown McAfee and Ray Russell Vestal. L H Grammer Telephone visits, buys boats for Coffee Mill Lake concession.
J Don Biggerstaff has enlisted in the Air Force and is stationed at Lackland AFB in San Antonio Texas. He recently attended Arlington State College after graduating from Wright High School and entered service at mid term.
Rotary Club meeting guest speaker Mr. Hendricks from the North Texas Milk Marketing organization spoke about problems facing dairymen and the processing and food value of milk.
The Friday Literary Club met February 4 at Mrs. Olivia Whedbee’s home with twenty members and two visitors. The program, New Mexico and Colorado Land of En chantment, featured talks on Santa Fe and Taos Fiesta and Art and on Aspen and Central City Winter Sports and Melodrama. Social hour concluded with a salad plate. The group plans to reconvene February 18. The article notes record food production in 1952 and 1953 with 4,000,000 fewer farmers on 84,000,000 more acres and states population growth from 1940 to 1950, California leading at 53.3 percent.
A poem warns that children hear and repeat adults words revealing secrets. It questions the effectiveness of guarding a home when a child may disclose private matters to parents and others. It suggests every four year old can reveal what goes on at home and with whom.
London reports thousands of British women race to emigrate for romance as New Zealand bowls out free one way trips aboard the Captain Cook. Immigration offices note a flood of inquiries from girls as young as sixteen to widows with children. In 1947 about 15,000 Britons left for New Zealand with 3,500 funded by the government. this year the Captain Cook is expected to carry over 4,000. The New Zealand government notes its nation is underpopulated with two million residents and high demand for brides persists.
The author urges embracing the here and now as the only real moment. Most spend time dwelling on the past or fearing the future, but each minute is unrepeatable and should be accepted as a miracle.
A Texas water conference at Low Morris College hears Trigg Twichell of the U S Geological Survey recount a farmer’s joke about teaching cows to drink from straws. The tale underscores practical water-saving ideas for ranchers as the Sioux and other Texas herds face drought concerns.
Dr Warren explains how pain in different head regions signals underlying causes. Fatigue gas pressure eye strain sinus trouble and dental issues can all manifest as headaches or facial pain.
Brief verse by Margie B. Boswell urges seeing blunders as harmless thunder and moving forward. It playfully notes the rain helping crops and greased gears ready for use, ending with a nudge that the Sun wants news items.
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